Articles of category "World poker"

The popularity of poker has experienced an exceptional spike in past years, basically due to the promotion of online poker and the invention of the hole-card camera, which immediately turned the game into a spectacular sport. Observers can now follow the action and excitement of the game, and broadcasts of poker competitions, such as the Poker World Series and the World Poker Tour have brought in enormous audiences for cable and satellite TV distributors.

Nowadays the poker world championship traditionally takes place in Horseshoe Downtown, Las Vegas. The most famous and outstanding players feature in the world poker championships. There are hundreds of them. Research indicates that there are more than 100 million poker players all over the world (50% of which are from the United States)! Most people prefer poker world series to billiards, tennis or golf.